Moliets-et-Maa
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Commune of Moliets-et-Maa |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Aquitaine |
| Department | Landes |
| Arrondissement | Dax |
| Canton | Soustons |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Maremne-Adour-Côte-Sud |
| Mayor | Anne-Marie Cancouët (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 0 m–55 m (avg. 26 m) |
| Land area¹ | 27,66 km² |
| Population² (2007) |
809 |
| - Density | 22/km² (2007) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 40187/ 40660 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Moliets-et-Maa is a small village and commune in the Landes département of the Aquitaine région of France.
[edit] Statistics
The village area was 28 km² and the population was 609 according to the 1999 census of France.[1]
[edit] Description
The principal economic activity is tourism and the village features long sandy beaches and golf courses.
The village proper and the beach area are around 2 km apart, a common feature of towns and villages in this region of France known as the Côte d'Argent. The "courant d'Huchet" flows into the Atlantic Ocean on the Moliets's beach .
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